Antelope Valley Press

NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

- Edited by Will Shortz PUZZLE BY CHASE DITTRICH AND CHRISTINA IVERSON

ACROSS

1 Gag

5 Runnin’ ___ (Western NCAA team)

9 They’re connected

to the spine

14 Tech giant based in New Taipei City

15 Beverage brand

with a lizard logo 16 Writer Jong

17 CAROL BRADY 19 Childish retort

20 “The way I see

it ...,” to texters

21 Smidgen

23 ___ Accords (1993 and 1995 pacts)

24 Antitraffi­cking

org.

26 MOOSE

ANTLERS

29 “Are you sure

about that?”

31 Something broken after regulation, say

32 “Critique of Judgment” writer

33 They might be

blended

37 36:1, for snake

eyes

40 ACTING ROLE

43 Heartfelt

request

44 Suckling site

45 “Quickly!”

47 Title of respect

49 Saint of Ávila

51 SACRAMENTO

KINGS

57 Plato’s “P”

58 Meat in some

chops 59 Palindromi­c time

60 Reward for

a dog 62 Skyscraper

support

64 TOP ROUND

STEAK

68 Bird depicted on a

rare penny

69 Bump on a log

70 Maggie Smith’s

title

71 Buy time

72 Academic

acronym

73 “Quickly!”

DOWN

1 Predicamen­t

2 ___-warrior

(environmen­talist)

3 Next-to-last

4 Theme park

transport

5 Currency exchange

inits.

6 Something to talk

about

7 Novel format

8 Philadelph­ia train

system

9 Split bit, say

10 Moving target in a

heist film

11 “Simply sharp”

brand

12 Reason for a recall

13 Squelched

18 Sushi restaurant

supply

22 Fire ___

24 Peachy

25 Big name in family

singers

27 Whole-grain wheat

flour

28 Christian of note

30 Squishy desktop item

34 Otoscope user, for short

35 Drink

additive?

36 Place with

scrubs

38 Rodent in an arid environmen­t

39 Mark of Zorro?

41 Actress Reid of

“Sharknado”

42 Envelope abbr.

46 Kung ___

48 Days ___

50 “30 for 30” airer

51 Uses

52 Home of Morocco’s Royal Palace

53 Longtime watch brand for James Bond

54 Deducts from

55 Go from 0 to

60, say

56 En pointe

61 Tosses in

63 Brooks, for one

65 Balance provider, in brief

66 Actress Thurman

67 Bit of fishing gear

 ?? ??

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